Hi! My wife has full custody of our only girl and she is asking me for 1235 $/mo child support. She base it on the NC Child Support Calculator. She makes 3800 gross a month and i make 8300. I am remarried and expecting another child. Is that amount correct? Thank you.
With one child, the mother having at least 243 overnights a year with that child, her gross income at $3,800/mo., your gross income at $8,300/mo., with no other credits or deductions to income would mean you should pay the mother $945/month.
You should ask for a copy of the child support worksheet that the mother is using. The parent paying for the child’s health insurance gets a “credit” for that cost. The parent paying for work-related childcare gets a “credit” for that cost. When your new baby is born, you can deduct that financial responsibility from your gross income assuming this child support order is not already entered by the time the baby is born.
Check out our Child Support Calculator to see what child support should be with these “credits” and deductions appropriately applied.
Anna Ayscue
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